UFC on ESPN: Velasquez vs. Ngannou fight card
Check out the fight card and bout order for the first UFC on ESPN show on February 17th, headlined by heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Francis Ngannou.
Check out the fight card and bout order for the first UFC on ESPN show on February 17th, headlined by heavyweights Cain Velasquez and Francis Ngannou.
By: Sean Cross
“Trust me,” light heavyweight Marcus Browne said this week, “I know it ain't easy. And I'm working like I've never worked before in my life, so trust me, I know it ain't easy. And you could say what you want from the outside.
Anthony Pettis grabbed headlines with an unusual call-out this past week: a welterweight bout against Stephen Thompson. It’s a challenge Thompson sounds happy to accept.
Amateur combatant Jonathan King suffered a terrifying leg injury on the undercard of American Kombat Alliance’s ‘Rite of Passage 6’ fight card when his low kick landed directly on his opponent’s knee.
So much for Colby Covington getting the next shot at Tyron Woodley.
Tyron Woodley will be defending his UFC welterweight title on March 2nd.
ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported on Sunday that Woodley is going to fight Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hurd intends to move to middleweight next year
IBF/WBA “Super” super welterweight champion Jarrett Hurd’s plans for further unification are on standby after Tony Harrison’s controversial upset of Jermell Charlo.
ShoBox and PBC are both back as we get the 2019 schedule rolling.
Friday, Jan. 11
SHO, 10:00 pm ET, Devin Haney vs Xolisani Ndongeni. ShoBox kicks off for 2019 with what may well be Haney’s last fight on the series, at least if he’s successful.
Here are five cross-divisional bouts that I want to see in 2019.
The UFC is kicking off 2019 with a legitimate champion vs champion super fight in T.J. Dillashaw vs Henry Cejudo. The promotion has also promised even more big things this year as they launch a new era with ESPN...
It was expected that WWE-UFC superstar Brock Lesnar would return to the Octagon to challenge Daniel Cormier for the heavyweight title sometime in the new year. The wrestling powerhouse underwent USADA’s drug testing program and was tested five times in 2018.
The mandatory challenger wants his title shot.
With a win this past October over Toka Kahn Clary in an IBF eliminator, Kid Galahad set himself up for a shot at the winner of the Dec. 22 fight between Josh Warrington and Carl Frampton.
It looks like Jon Jones will be defending his light heavyweight title against Anthony Smith.
Make your pick for the best newcomer of 2018 in Bloody Elbow’s Year-End Awards.
Check out the current card for the UFC’s debut on ESPN+.
The UFC’s debut event of the ESPN era isn’t far off. UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw, also known as UFC on ESPN+ 1, goes down on Saturday, January 19th in the Barclays Centrer in Brooklyn, NY.
The former top-ranked UFC heavyweight will take his first fight in the Octagon in almost 3 years against the former WSOF champion.